PUSH-START, LOKOMOTIVE AND AUTO ENGINES

For me, all men are made different. Some “moulded from a thousand influence” others, born with or without silver spoons. The key factor is one’s belief, work ethic and determination. While some are slow to start, others need a push and some have auto-like engines – they pick up speed like a Ferrari. I believe silver spoons are not the determining factor in life. All silver spoons were once bought or acquired via hard work! Though, some lucky generation gets to inherit these spoons, someone, somewhere in their family line had labored for it. Some use the privilege well and others don’t i.e. a lot of people born into wealth end up poor. Indeed one must work in other to be successful, but curse not those who do not work, so to speak, but manage the work done by previous generation. What were your fore fathers doing when theirs set to work? Waiting for a push? Taking risks? Mapping out plans?

Sometimes we wonder why we are not engage in things others are seemingly progressing at. We push ourselves. We blame ourselves. Sometimes we challenge ourselves to do such things because we believe it secures or ensures success. Some people do not change their focus and they end up successful. Some do, and end up even more successful. Sticking to the script and never quitting almost always guarantees success, but how do one determine if one is reading/sticking to the right script? Some would wax spiritual by “letting His grace take over”, others push harder. To put simple, our minds play a great deal in what we eventually become. Some are sprinters and other masters of the marathon. The task is to get to the finish line, and as the saying goes “the race is not for the swift”.

People who need a push need it fast because time wasted and cannot be regained. A push kick-starts their whole life. A push, a challenge, an opportunity sheds their skin and they become new beings. Unlike a persona with an auto-engine, he needs that lil’ favor. Auto engines are quick to adapt. Wherever he/she finds himself becomes an automatic goldmine. He’s a risk taker. He sometimes gets knocked down but he jumps right back into the contest. He thrives in challenges and is often put off when things are too easy. The marathon man is more composed, he maps out his strategies, taking one step at a time and achieving goal after goal. He is in no rush at all. Slowly but surely he gets to the destination - in style. The question now is how do we discover the field we fall into? I once took a “swagger test” on one of the popular social network and one of the questions posed was “If you get to a party what do you do?”. The options given were synonymous to these: (a) You get your groove on immediately and become the star man (b) You walk quietly to a corner, surveying and studying the environment (c) You immediately start to look for some familiar faces and (d) You walk straight to the bar. I believe if you found an answer to from the options then you’ll know what category you belong to. When you find out, just work hard and stick to your script. Don’t worry about the if’s of the maybe’s. Do the damn thing! I’ll see you at the top.